Scenario of hill cuttings in and around the Chittagong City of Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper reveals that the Chittagong City is dotted with numerous hills and hillocks, and has gained a peculiar and typical landscape because of these hills. Moreover, it has given the city some environmental advantages with its green vegetation clad slopes and fertile valleys. It also reveals that the city is growing very rapidly and the urban population also increasing alarmingly in the recent years. The rapid urbanization and industrial growth have turned the Chittagong to a most densely city in the South Asian region. In order to facilitate this urban growth tremendous pressure has been exerted on the limited land surfaces in and around the city. These have led into an increasing spree of excavations and cuttings of hillocks and hills in Chittagong City areas. In the present paper, the ca uses, nature and effects of these unwise human interferences in nature have been examined and analyzed.